Fig. 1.

Comparison of major acupoints between ancient and current acupuncture treatments. ST36, SP6, LR3, LI4, and GV20 were the most commonly used acupoints in both ancient and current acupuncture (in yellow). A) In traditional acupuncture, acupoints CV3, CV4, CV6, CV8, and CV12 were used more frequently (shown in blue). B) In current acupuncture, acupoints HT7, PC6, KI3, GB34, and EX-HN3 are used more frequently (shown in green). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)